Flirting NoiseBy Claire Aherneno longer wading thruthe watered downgesturei retire from the flirting noisei retire from entertaining boysi am the size of a grain ofriceswimming in my jacketmay i lay gracelessmay i surrender tomore of ur speaking voicemore of ur singingvoice Fondly, Fondly.By Claire Ahernei stand as a vehicleto sell myself and pass out behindthe scenesin a two thousand euro jacket and wooden clogsi sell another bourgeois imagewith my head swimming beside me, light asairthinking of you fondlyas i contortmyself whole, gesture at atimethinking of you fondlyi give aphrodite my autonomyin exchange for a paintingi think you’d likethinking of you fondlywill you play the tune that bends the whole ofplanet earth in your favour, even if onlyfor a whilethinking of you fondlyas i am thinking of you nowi cannot help my hope when spinninground, eyes as wide as timeeyes as wide as mine